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Tracking Emissions and Sources
Are National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reports Scientifically Valid?
"While countries have recently been accused of misreporting greenhouse gas emissions for their benefit, internationally agreed procedures minimize such possibilities and allow for new scientific results to be taken into account in a stepwise manner."
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Rob Swart, Peter Bergamaschi, Tinus Pulles, Frank Raes
Climate Policy 7 (2007) Pp. 535–538
Objectives: Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US and Other CountriesFor Specialized Analysts
Climate 2030: A National Blueprint for a Clean Energy Economy
This book offers a comprehensive set of policies to accelerate the transition to a clean energy economy in order to avoid the most dire consequences of climate change: extreme heat, fast and slow-onset events (storms and droughts), acidigying oceans and rising sea levels.
"The nation achieves these deep cuts in carbon emissions while savi ...
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Rachel Cleetus Steven Clemmer David Friedman
Unions of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, Massachusettes, May 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
Electric Vehicle Policy For the Midwest – A Scoping Document
From the Executive Summary:
"In the last three years the transportation sector has witnessed a revolutionary
upheaval. Car sales plummeted, with the most dramatic declines occurring in
light truck sales. Two of the three big U.S. car companies declared bankruptcy. The
federal government and California imposed significant efficiency stand ...
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John Bailey and David Morris
New Rules Project, Minneapolis, MN, USA, December 2009
Objectives: Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs,Evaluating Proposals
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public
Energy Efficiency Program Options for Local Governments under the 2009 American Recovery and Reinves...
From the Abstract: "The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
(ARRA) included several key funding opportunities for energy efficiency
projects at the local level, including for the first time monies for
the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program.(1)
Funding was additionally provided for state energy programs ...
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Sarah Black, Shruti Vaidyanathan, and Michael Sciortino
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, Washington, D.C., December 2009
Objectives: Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
Greenhouse Gases and the American Lifestyle: Understanding Interstate Differences in Emissions
From the Introduction: "This report analyzes interstate variation in per capita emissions, seeking to explain why some states have much lower emissions than others. Some of the differences are based on objective factors beyond anyone’s control: for instance, the coldest states have high heating needs, while the hottest states use a lot of air co ...
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Elizabeth A. Stanton, Frank Ackerman, and Kristen Sheeran
Ecotrust, Portland, Oregon, May 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
Inventory Of New York City Greenhouse Gas Emissions 2008
From the Executive Summary:
“In April 2007, the City of New York (the City) released its
first-ever comprehensive greenhouse gas inventory. The
Inventory of New York City Greenhouse Gas Emissions
actually included two emissions inventories: one for
citywide emissions based on 2005 emissions data, and
one for City government operations based o ...
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Energy Conservation Steering Committee NYC
City of New York: Sept 17, 2008, updated Feb 24, 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Specialized Analysts
Penny Wise, Pound Fuelish: New Measures of Housing and Transportation Affordability
This report is actually a guide to an index that measured housing and transportation affordability in 337 municipal regions and demonstrates that the cost of living is greater for those living in sprawl development than in compact communities when the cost of transportation is factored into the housing equation. In fact, the index shows, that in ...
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Center for Neighborhood Technology
Center for Neighborhood Technology, Chicago, Ill., February 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public
Securing American's Future: Enhancing Our National Security by Reducing Oil Dependence and Environme...
This paper takes the position that America’s reliance on imported fossil fuels instead of clean, domestic sources of energy has long been costly to our economy, our environment, and our national security—and will become even more so if we fail to act now. The United States will increasingly turn to exporting countries that have opposing interests ...
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Christopher Beddor, Winny Chen, Rudy deLeon, Shiyong Park, and Daniel J. Weiss
August 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
Tackling U.S. Energy Challenges And Opportunities Preliminary Policy Recommendations For Enhancing E...
From the Executive Summary
"The incoming Obama Administration and the 111th Congress face
enormous challenges and opportunities in tackling the pressing
security, economic, and environmental problems posed by the energy
sector in the United States and worldwide. Improving the technologies
of energy supply and end-use is a prerequisite fo ...
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Anadon, Laura Diaz, Kelly Sims Gallagher, Matthew Bunn, And Charles Jones
Cambridge, MA: Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University. February 18, 2009.
Objectives: Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Specialized Analysts|For the Public
The House Erred: A Carbon Tax is Better than Cap and Trade
From the Abstract: "The
House in June approved a cap-and-trade system to control greenhouse
gases (GHGs) and to reduce the risks of climate change. Although cap
and trade has political momentum, a carbon tax is preferable because:
1.
A carbon tax would work better in international commerce and would more
effectively encourage the developing ...
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Michael Waggoner
University of Colorado Law Legal Studies, Boulder, CO., September 21, 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts
Geographic Focus: US and Other CountriesFor Economists
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